Blaise Kouassi (footballer, born 1975)

Koffi Blaise Kouassi (born 2 February 1975) is an Ivorian former professional footballer, who played as a defender. He works as assistant manager of the Ivory Coast national football team.

Blaise Kouassi

Personal information
Full name	Koffi Blaise Kouassi[1]
Date of birth	(1975-02-02) 2 February 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	ASEC Mimosas
2000–2005	Guingamp	117	(1)
2005–2006	Troyes	45	(0)
2006–2007	Al-Rayyan	5	(0)
2007–2009	Angers	19	(0)
International career
1997–2006	Ivory Coast[2]	37	(0)
Managerial career
2010–	Ivory Coast (assistant manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Kouassi was born in Abidjan. He previously played for ASEC Mimosas in his homeland, in France for En Avant Guingamp, Troyes AC in Ligue 1, Angers in the Ligue 2^[3] and for Al-Rayyan in Qatar.

International career

He earned 37 caps for the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.

Coaching career

On 28 May 2010, Kouassi was named as the new assistant manager of the Ivory Coast national football team.

Personal life

He holds both Ivorian and French nationalities.^[4] He acquired French nationality by naturalization on 1 December 2005.^[5]

Honors

Ivory Coast

• Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2006^[6]